Creative Designer (Graphic & Video) -Contract

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Role Summary

The Creative Designer (Graphic & Video) is a craft-focused role within the Creative Studio, responsible for producing high-quality visual and motion-based assets across digital channels. This role brings ideas to life through strong design, animation, and video editing capabilities—supporting marketing campaigns, social media content, and advertising initiatives.

Working closely with Creative Managers, Designers, Writers, and Marketing partners, this role executes against creative briefs with precision and creativity, ensuring all deliverables align with brand standards, campaign objectives, and performance needs.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Execution (Primary Focus)

• Design and produce high-quality visual assets, including static graphics, motion design, and short-form video content
• Edit and assemble video content optimized for social media, digital advertising, and multi-channel campaigns
• Translate creative briefs into compelling visual outputs that align with brand standards and campaign objectives
• Apply strong typography, layout, motion, and storytelling principles to elevate creative output

Video & Motion Craft

• Create motion graphics, animations, and transitions that enhance storytelling and engagement
• Optimize creative for various formats (e.g., vertical video, short-form social, display ads)
• Ensure consistency in pacing, tone, and visual style across all video deliverables

Workflow & Collaboration

• Execute work within established creative workflows, timelines, and production schedules
• Collaborate with Creative Managers, Writers, and Designers to deliver cohesive campaign assets
• Incorporate feedback from stakeholders and creative leadership to refine and improve outputs
• Contribute to multiple projects with established deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

Brand & Quality Assurance

• Ensure all creative output adheres to brand guidelines and quality standards
• Maintain attention to detail across all deliverables, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Stay aligned with evolving brand standards, tools, and production processes

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently delivers high-quality, on-brief creative assets across graphic and video formats
• Produces engaging motion and video content that performs effectively in digital and social channels
• Meets deadlines and balances multiple priorities with strong attention to detail
• Contributes to a positive, collaborative creative environment and continuous improvement of output

Qualifications

Must-have

• 3–5 years of experience in graphic design, motion design, video editing, or a related creative role
• Strong portfolio demonstrating both design and video/motion work (social-first work preferred)
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator) or equivalent tools
• Solid understanding of digital and social media formats, trends, and best practices
• Strong visual storytelling, composition, and attention to detail

Nice-to-have

• Experience creating performance-driven creative for paid social or digital campaigns
• Familiarity with motion design systems or templated content production
• Experience working in an in-house studio or agency environment
• Knowledge of tools such as Figma or collaborative creative platforms

Additional skillsets

• Proficiency with professional digital SLR video camera and related sound equipment
• Experience creating performance-driven creative for paid social or digital campaigns
• Familiarity with motion design systems or templated content production
• Experience working in an in-house studio or agency environment
• Knowledge of tools such as Figma or collaborative creative platform

What’s in it for you

• A collaborative, fast-paced in-house creative studio environment
• Opportunities to work on high-visibility campaigns across brand and performance marketing
• Exposure to a variety of creative formats, tools, and channels
• An environment that values creativity, continuous learning, and craft excellence

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.  

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process, or those needing job postings in an alternative format, may e-mail a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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